Construction of buildings



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A. J. CHASE. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

N0. 255,595. Patented Mar. 28,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J. CHASE, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CONSTRUCTION or BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,595, dated March28, 1882.

Application filed February 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW J. CHASE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Construction of Buildings, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, strong, and durableconstruction of walls for frame houses, especially cottages, which shallbe weather and rat proof, and which can be readily and easilyconstructed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a house witha portion of the inner face of the wall thereof constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through thewall,'and Fig. 3 a transverse section through a portion thereof.

In constructing a wall according to my improvement I first provide aframe of suitable dimensions, composed of properlydressed studding A,connected by suitable tie-beams. The studding will all be of onesize-say about four by six inchesand will beplaced at equal distancesapart-as, for example, about two feet eight inches-so that spaces willbe left for the doors and windows. I then cover the outside of thisframe with sheets B of hard-rolled paper, which can be made from straw,wood pulp, or other material suitable for mapufacturing paperboard,these sheets of paperboard being nailed onto the outer sides of thestudding. 1 then board over this layer of paper-board with cheap boardinG, whichconstitutes a backing for the paper, and which also serves asafoundation for the next layer. Up on this boarding O,I arrange thinstrips or furring D-say about three-eighths inch thickopposite eachstudor post, to form an air-space, as additional protection against bothheat and cold. The space also prevents the clapboardnails frompenetrating the first boarding and conducting frost inward. Over this Isecure a cheap boarding, E, and I then cover this boarding with a-layer,F, of some suitable pa per, which will be clapboarded over with theordinary weather-boards, Gr.

It will be seen that the studding is visible from the inside of theroom; and hence to divide up the Spaces between the timbers to formpanels I provide the short rails H and H, the former being arranged toconstitute a baserail, and the latter rails running coincident with thetops and bottoms of the windows.

These panels will also be subdivided by the short vertical rails orstrips 1, and the small spaces or panels thus formed can be 'frescocd orornamented in any suitable way. Thus the entire inside wall of the roomwill be made in panel work at a small cost, and will have a veryornamental appearance.

The construction above described obviates the employment of plaster forratsor mice to burrow and die in, and there will be no spaces for fireto spread in, which in walls of ordinary construction serve as fines forthe fire, and which are difficult to be reached. can be washed withoutinjury by directing a stream of water against them, and" hence bereadily cleaned.

It is also proposed to make the floor in substantially the same way, andalso to form the root in like manner, shingles, however, being used, ifpreferred, in the latter case, in lieu of the clapboardiug.

The structures will be firm and durable, and can be quickly and cheaplymade. Such walls will be a great protection against both heat and cold.The economy in room will be apparcut when compared with the present planfor covering the st'udding with plaster or other finish inside. Inasanitary point of view there is no place for mice or rats to hide awayand die, and thus poison the atmosphere with their putrid bodies.

What I claim is- 1. The wall consisting of a frame composed of studdingwith the outer layers of paper, boardin g, furrin g, ordinary boarding,and clapboarding, arranged substantially in the order described.

2. In a wall for a house, the frame of stud ding with an outer coveringof paper, and the vertical andhorizontal rails dividing thespacesbetween the studding into panels, substantially as described.

3. A wall composed of a frame of studding with an outer covering ofpaper, the rails dividing the spaces between the studding into panels,and the layers outside of the paper,

The walls consisting of wood, fuiring, and paper,-and my haml in thepresence of two subscribing elapboarding, substantially as described.witnesses.

4. A wall made substantially as described in which-the studding and thehard-rolled pa ANDREW CHASE 5 per or wood-pulp board becomes a part ofthe l Witnesses; inner finish. FISHER AMES,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set. THOMAS F. FEE.

